THE RIGA FRONT.
ENEMY COMPLETELY SURPRISED. FOUR TRENCH LINES SEIZED. GERMANS TRY To RECAPTURE .. POSITION'S. Received Jan. 12, 5.5 p.m Petrograd. Jan 11. Wounded men and prisoners agre<> that the suddenness of the Russian offensive on the Riga front completely surprised the enemy. The advanced Russian detachments noiselessly entered the trenches, and captured the sleeping outposts. 'They found the first line of trenches unguarded. The scouts cut the entangle ments, and seized the bewildered enemy';positions without resistance. They carried the second and third lines of trenches without meeting with serious resistance until they reached the fourth line, which was also seized. The Germans are unsuccessfully* at tempting to recapture the lost trenches
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1917, Page 5
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112THE RIGA FRONT. Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1917, Page 5
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